Softball clinches 9th straight B1G Championship!!!
The streak continues.
Michigan punched Rutgers in the face again to clinch the B1G Championship.
Not only is this the 9th straight B1G Championship, but Michigan has won 18 of the last 21 titles.
Michigan went up 3-0 in the 1st inning on a sac fly by Romero and a 2-run shot by Blanco.
Rutgers scored a run in the 2nd after they got some base runners on walks and, but Michigan scored two more runs in that same inning on a bases-loaded walk and a fielder's choice by Christner to make it 5-1.
In the 4th, Michigan ended the game. Romero hit a 2-run blast--her second HR of her senior weekend--to make it 7-1 Michigan. Aidan Falk put the game into run rule territory with a 2 RBI double that took a slow roll all the way to the wall, making it 9-1 Wolverines.
Faith Canfield has officially arrived. She's been making noise the last few weeks and once again hit another big one: a 2-run shot to put it out of reach and make it 11-1 Michigan.
After a Dreiesenga strikeout, backup catcher Katie Alexander made a PHENOMENAL diving catch in foul territory to record the second out. Rutgers would fly out for their last out to end the game.
Michigan wins 11-1 in 5 innings and clinches their NINTH (9th!) STRAIGHT B1G CHAMPIONSHIP!!!
Michigan is now 43-4 and 20-2 in the B1G with one conference game left. Senior day, tomorrow at Noon.
Michigan has also locked up the 1 seed in the B1G Tournament and will play at 2:30pm on Friday in the B1G Tournament Quarterfinals at University Park, PA.
Katie Alexander's catch. Aidan Falk made a very similar play against OSU.
What a CATCH(ER)! Katie Alexander with this #BTNStandout diving grab to get @umichsoftball closer to the B1G Title. https://t.co/t7kduYS0gp
— SoftballOnBTN (@SoftballOnBTN) May 7, 2016
But impressive run these ladies have been on for the past 9 years.
Logged in just to downvote. Championships always deserve individual threads. I suspect you just don't like WD, which is a silly reason to be a douche about a B1G Championship thread standing on it's own.
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Fair enough. Still seemed unnecessary to me to comment on it being its own thread.
EDIT: I shall return the neg with an upvote on your reply.
that you can flip your original vote and upvote him there?
....right, LSAclassof2000?
Oh, I know that. I choose not to do that ever, unless the up/down vote is an accident.
It is perplexing that Mlive can't see fit to cover the softball team on a regular basis. It's not like the Michigan beat writers have much else to do right now anyway.
Go Blue! Let's bring the national championship home this year too!
Hope they win it all this year!
Now--on to the Big Show!
Yup, that's what they said.
At this rate, W Swim's record may be in trouble.
You should see the recruits Michigan has coming in the future. Especially at pitcher. Got the #2 pitcher in the nation coming in after Betsa graduates.
I tried Googling it, but softball info is hard to come by or paywalled.
What year? Betsa has another year, so the new pitcher wouldn't be coming in until fall 2017?
Any info on the other recruits would also be greatly appreciated.
We'll see when Wolverine Devotee checks in. He's our resident encylopedia.
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We'll let this season play out. Then maybe you can do a post about future commits.
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Skip double post
I saw her name on one list, but no info was available as to her ranking.
What about Iowa wrestling (25 straight, 1974 to 1998)? Indiana men's swimming (20 straight, 1961 to 1980)? Michigan men's tennis (16 straight, 1968 to 1983)?
Maybe they meant 2nd longest title streak for a women's sport?
You are inferior.
Way to go Ladies.
Congratulations to the softball team on essentially dominating the conference for a decade now - it has been a rather spectacular run for them indeed.
As for championship threads, I always thought they should be a separate deal, but for softball we're so used to these threads containing good news in general that I think we get spoiled. I am OK with this too.
Is there a non pay site that shows softball recruting rankings?
Bring home that National Championship!!!!
1) Florida 47-4
ERA 1st at 0.94/gm
Runs scored 27th at 6.19/gm
2) UM 41-4
ERA 23rd at 2.28/gm
Runs scored 2nd at 8.49/gm
With today's Mercy Rule walk off, I just figured out that UM only bats 4 times in a home game walk off.
For the season, UM has 25 Mercy Rule walk-offs in 47 games (thru today)
Imagine their scoring average, if they had played full 7 inning games.
By comparison, Florida has 17 Mercy Rule walk-offs in 53 games (thru today)
Will be interesting if we get the matchup that everyone is expecting in the NCAA finals.
I was just reviewing the current rankings. Florida 1, Michigan 2. My question, does anyone else in the B1G play softball? I think I saw Minnesota at 20 or so. Seriously B1G, best you can do?
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Sierra Romero is the most underrated athlete ever to play at Michigan. Can't believe that she is a senior already.